The first portion 1)/ of the book was dull, 2)/ the later part 3)/ was interesting. 4)/ No error 5)
Answer: C
The error is in part 3.
Later refers to time; latter refers to the second of two things. The sentence contrasts the first portion with the second, so it needs the latter part.
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He freed himself (1) / from the burglar’s hold (2) /and ran on (3) / the road.(4) / No Error (5)
Answer: C
The error is in part 3.
Run on the road describes where he ran; the sense is that he escaped into the road, so the preposition should be on to, or the verb ran out on to. The bare on leaves the movement unexpressed.
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She was taken with (1) / surprise when she saw (2) / the famous (3) / Taj Mahal. (4) / No Error (5)
Answer: A
The error is in part 1.
The idiom is taken by surprise. Taken with means charmed by, which is a different expression altogether.
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